Country size comparison

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Netherlands is about 2 times bigger than Massachusetts.

Massachusetts is approximately 20,306 sq km, while Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, making Netherlands 105% larger than Massachusetts. Meanwhile, the population of Massachusetts is ~6.5 million people (10.9 million more people live in Netherlands).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Massachusetts vs. Netherlands uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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